Wednesday - Worms & Creepy Critters: What creatures are lurking at the bottom of your garden?  Create a real worm farm and invent a wacky insect to take home. 

Thursday - Dinosaurs & Fossils:  Learn about dinosaurs, cast a  chocolate trilobite and create your own layered fossil lake model to take home. 

Friday - Slime Chemistry: Make gooey slime to take home and try some cool experiments with polymers. All workshops suitable for 6 - 10 year olds. Ticket pre-purchase is essential. Tickets are $15 /child per workshop for Members and $20 for non-members. Bookings and details: 4286 5000. Workshops run for 90 minutes from 9.30am.

April 13 and 14 - 3D Printing & Design Workshop: Cutting edge workshop  for inqusitive 10 to 14 year olds keen to discover and explore the exciting technology of 3D design and printing. Participants will be learning a wide range of skill including basic CAD modelling and design concepts. 9.15am to 12.15pm.  $45 per child. Bookings: 4286 5000. Details: sciencecentre.uow.edu.au

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and April 14-17 - Circus By The Sea: Learn hula hoops, juggling, acrobatics and acrobalance, trick sticks, diabolo, pyramids and unicycle. $90/day. Austinmer Public School Hall. 

Tuesday to Thursday, and April 15 - 17 - Acrobatics and Aerials for teens: A three-hour circus skills session jam packed with acrobatics, partner acro, pyramids, aerial silks, trapeze and lyra. $40/session or sign up for 3 sessions in one week and receive a $10 discount. 

Tickets and details circusmonoxide.com.au or 4285 0066.

Tuesday - Plushie Pets full-day workshop for 9 – 14 year olds.  Learn hand-sewing techniques to make your very own plush felt toy. 10am - 3pm.

Wednesday - Roll up, roll up. The circus is in town. A 2-hour workshop for  5-8 year olds that explores circus themes through collage. 10am –  noon.

Wednesday - Let’s Go On Safari is a collage workshop for 5-8 year olds. Students will create an animal safari themed artwork using collage. 1.30 - 3.30pm.

Thursday - Paper Clay Fish Ornament workshop for 5-8 year olds.  Learn slab rolling and hand building techniques to create your very own paper clay fish ornament. 10am – noon.

Thursday - Coil Pot Creatures ceramics workshop for 5-8 year olds. Create a weird and wacky pot using coil and pinch pot techniques. 1.30 - 3.30pm.

Friday - Full-day Still Life Painting workshop for 9 – 14 year olds. Learn simple techniques to create your own still life painting on canvas. 10am - 3pm. 

Two hour workshops are $20 per child, full day workshops are $50 per child. For bookings & information call 4227 8500.

School holiday activities daily from Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 12.30pm, including Victory Gardens Treasure Hunt, Boot Camp Crafts, and Lonely Pine Garden Show. Suitable for children aged 3 to 12 years, who must be accompanied by an adult. Participants are encouraged to wear appropriate shoes, a hat and sunscreen. $10 per child, parents free, family package $20 for two or more children. Wollongong Botanic Garden Discovery Centre. Details 4227 7667.

Tuesday and Wednesday - Planning on dressing up at this year’s Comic Gong? Come along to a free Cosplay Costume Creation workshop for 13 - 25 year olds at Dapto Library on Tuesday and Thirroul Library on Wednesday. Includes pattern making, weapons and accessories, make-up, planning and wigs. Bookings essential: Dapto Library 4227 8555, Thirroul Library 4227 8191.

April 7 - 17 - Big Fat Smile’s Skoolzout holiday program offers creative arts, sports, fun excursions and theme days at 13 locations – Albion Park, Austinmer, Balarang, Bingara Gorge, Bulli, Fairy Meadow, Flinders, Koonawarra, Unanderra, West Wollongong, Wollongong East, Wollongong City and Bellambi Point. Activities run every day from early until late. Details from  www.bigfatsmile.com.au/5-12-centres/5-12-centres-school-holidays

April 14 and 15 - The Listies Make You LOL! Comedy for kids (and their adults). Australia’s most sought-after kids’ comedians, return to Wollongong to make you Laugh Out Loud! Where: IPAC. When: Tuesday, 10am & 12.30pm, Wednesday, 10am. Tickets: Admission: $24, Vacation Care/School Groups 8+: $13

April 15 to 17 - The Eaton Gorge Theatre Company presents  Christine Harris’s  Audrey of the Outback.  A warm, funny and sometimes moving children’s play based on the adventures of a 9 year old girl Audrey Barlow who lives in the outback in 1930’s Australia. Miner’s Lamp Theatre, Corrimal, at 10.30 am and 2 pm. Bookings  4267 3920 or www.trybooking.com/HCPD or www.egtc.com.au